Microsoft Installer...Microsoft Single Image...!@#$%^&*!???

i understand the new (& also weird) 'ms office' protocol...whereby, when one attempts to open an office program...a 'Microsoft Installer' progress window pops up & runs BEFORE the app opens. it's annoying, but tolerable 'cause at least it's fast.

but I just purchased 'microsoft office home & business 2010'...so i could go back to outlook (& get rid of windows live mail)...& in outlook...the Microsoft Installer window runs longer than usual...& then...seemingly w/ every e-mail account that gets opened for incoming mail...another progress window pops up called 'Microsoft Single Image'...& that keeps coming up & up; & just takes forever.

i really need to get rid of this nonsense, or i'm going back to live mail...will have no choice.

anyone have any ideas...???

thanx,

mark4man

ALSO: in ms word...a 'program configuration' window pops up & runs...& that one REALLY takes a long time.

I actually wanted to do that...but I also have a problem w/ Click-2-Run Manager. In Uninstall/Reinstall Programs...the options never go beyond 'Change'...when I highlight a program & click Change...nothing happens...& I get a Click-2-Run configuration error

Very unhappy with Outlook 2010: now I can't SEND mail

i just found another problem in outlook 2010...my OUTBOX doesn't work.

no matter what e-mail account I attempt to send from...& even tho the accounts are set up correctly...the outgoing message goes to my outbox & just stays there.

very unhappy w/ outlook 2010...especially in light of my former (& still existing) problems (Click-2-Run doesn't work...MS Single Image pops up at least 900 times) & now this...???...the way i'm seein' in...windows live mail smokes it big time

Office 2010 configuration on each program load

i can't take it, man...this is crackin' me up (& I don't mean in a humorous way)...

uninstalled & reinstalled ms office home & business 2010...still the same thing...first, the stupid microsoft single image window...then...the entire app must be configured before it will even open...this is HORRIBLE...!!!

I also tried a 'repair', whereby Word runs from my computer...& that didn't work (think I did it correctly...not sure).

Before you try to get rid of it, you might pay a visit to How-to Geek for a discussion of how to install Starter 2010 on a flash drive. Typically it comes as a 'taste' of Office 2010 on new computers, and it can be hard to find online if you are actually looking for it, as any number of people may be at any time. So far as I know, it won't interfere with the full version of Office if you leave it in place.